Sure, they could have, but that would have been less efficient. It takes more time and energy (per partner) to cultivate a relationship with each potential partner than it does to become powerful and have your pick of available women.

I'm not sure it would have been more efficient. Taking sexual partners by force and fighting is certainly more risky.

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Our behavior is also a natural process. Everything is natural. This idea that humans somehow exist outside of nature is profoundly arrogant.

As humans, it is a natural process to overrule the automatic and reflexive with the deliberate and intentional, because that often brings better results.

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